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The price of a bargain : the quest for cheap and the death of globalization / Gordon Laird.
- Title
- The price of a bargain : the quest for cheap and the death of globalization / Gordon Laird.
- Author
- Laird, Gordon, 1967-
- Publication
- New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
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Details
- Description
- 282 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
- Summary
- "In The Price of a Bargain, Gordon Laird traces the bargain - a touchstone of American culture - from its humble dollar-store origins to its role as global juggernaut. Along the way, he discovers that much of today's collapsing consumer economy is dangerously dependant upon dwindling supplies of offshore labor, natural resources, and consumer spending. And our continued reliance on cheap stuff has fueled China's rise as a superpower, accelerated the decline of crude oil, and blunted our response to climate change."--BOOK JACKET.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Introduction. Black Friday, 2008 -- Sect. I. Landscapes of Plenty -- 1. The Bargaineers: Fear and Housewares in Las Vegas -- 2. Quantum Cheap: Progress is Price Destruction -- Sect. II. Out of the Bargain Basement -- 3. China Crisis: The End of Cheap Labor -- 4. Supply Chain Nation: Cargo Cults of the Twenty-first Century -- 5. All Is Plastic: The Small World of Hydrocarbons -- 6. We, the Resource: Journeys to the End of Cheap -- Sect. III. Cost Opportunity -- 7. Shock Therapy: Can High Prices Save Us?
- ISBN
- 0230614914
- 9780230614918
- 0230101402
- 9780230101401
- LCCN
- 2009035931
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries